Our Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Judith Casselberry

Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies

Tess Chakkalakal

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and English

Brian Purnell

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Chair of Africana Studies Department

Michele Reid-Vazquez

E. Frederic Morrow Associate Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and Africana Studies, on leave for the 2024–2025 academic year

Bianca Williams

Matthew D. Branche Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Anthropology, on leave for the 2024–2025 academic year

Michael Yekple

Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

Staff

Elizabeth H. Palmer

Academic Department Coordinator for Africana Studies and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program

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Faculty Emeriti

Randolph Stakeman
Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies Emeritus